House-gown.



v S. P. GATES.

HOUSE GOWN. 4 APPLICATION EILED MAY 20. 2916.

1355 891 Patented Feb. 1%, 1918.

E) P GHTE5 tTEE I HOUSE-GOWN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 1e, tote.

Application filed May 20, 1916. Serial No. 98,900.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Susan P. GATES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Walla "Walla, in the county of Walla- Valla and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in House-Gowns, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to an improved house gown for women and has for its primary object to provide an improved construction of such a gown whereby the same will fit perfectly over the shoulders of-the wearer.

It is a more particular object of the invention to provide a sack gown having gussets set in the top of the shoulder portions and gradually tapering outwardly from the neck scye to a point whereby the gown will be properly supported from the shoulders and prevented from pulling upwardly in the front.

It is an additional object of my invention to provide a gown of the above type which may be made at substantially the same cost as the ordinary house gown and is very serviceable and convenient in practical use.

lVith the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing myI improved gown fitted upon a figure; 2111C Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan view of one of the arms and shoulder portions of the garment.

Referring in detail. to the drawing, 5 designates the body of the garment which is of sack form or, in other words, is not made to conform to the outline of the figure upon which it is to be fitted. Loops 6 are sewed at their ends to the waist portion of the garment body to receive a suitable belt indicated at 7 which may be of the same material as the garment, or of a different material, and is provided on its extremities with suitable fastening means whereby the same may be connected around the waist of the wearer. The neck line of the garment, indicated at 8, merges into the opposite sides of the deep V-shaped cut or open front portion designated by the nu meral 9. The opposite edges of this open V-shaped front are provided with suitable eyelets to receive a tie string 10, whereby the lower portion of the V-shaped open front may be closed.

In the top of each shoulder portion of the garment, a gusset 11 is inserted. These gussets are of V-shaped form and the wider ends thereof form continuations of the neck line of the garment while the pointed ends of the gussets terminate substantially at the outer end of the shoulder line. The garment is provided with short sleeve lengths 12 and suitable braid or other trimming, indicated at 13, is sewed onto the garment at the edges of the gussets 11, the inner ends of the sleeves and the edges of the neck and open front.

In the application of the garment in practical use, the same is fitted downwardly over the head of the wearer and the arms inserted through the sleeves in the usual manner. By means of the inserted gussets 11, the shoulder portions will fit perfectly and the dress will hang properly both in the front and in the rear. Thus, it will be seen that I have produced a very simply constructed and serviceable house garment which will greatly improve the appearance of the wearer. The garment may also be very easily and quickly fitted upon the body of the wearer or removed. \Vhile in the illustrated embodiment of the invention I have shown a plain type of house dress, it is apparent, of course, that the same may be ornamented or embellished in various ways known to the dressmaking art. The dress may also, of course, be made in various sizes to fit different shaped figures. In view of the extreme simplicity of my improved house dress, it is further manifest that the same canbe made at substantially the same expense as the ordinary garment of this type.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent is A one-piece garment consisting of a sacklike body provided in its front portion with a V-shaped opening extending downwardly from the neck of the gown, and a fastener for connecting the opposite edges of said opening in spaced relation to the lower end thereof, said body having short sleeves and V-shaped gussets inserted into the top of each shoulder portion of the garment ex- In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my tending over the shoulder. forwardly and signatilre in the presence of two witnesses. rearwardly of its central pertiori; the wider SUE P GATES ends of the gussets constituting continua:

tions of the neckline of the garment and Witnesses:

the points of the gnssets terminating at the ELLA G. PRATT, outer ends of the shoulder ortions thereof. W. A. BRADBURY.

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